ix, 486 pages : 26 cm

Haraway's discussions of how scientists have perceived the sexual nature of female primates opens a new chapter in feminist theory, raising unsettling questions about models of the family and of heterosexuality in primate research

Includes bibliographical references (pages 432-472) and index

Primate colonies and the extraction of value -- Teddy bear patriarchy : taxidermy in the Garden of Eden, New York City, 1908-36 -- Pilot plant for human engineering : Robert Yerkes and the Yale Laboratories of Primate Biology, 1924-42 -- Semiotics of the naturalistic field : from C.R. Carpenter to S.A. Altmann, 1930-55 -- Re-instituting western primatology after World War II -- Apes in Eden, apes in space : mothering as a scientist for National Geographic -- Remodeling the human way of life : Sherwood Washburn and the new physical anthropology, 1950-1980 -- Metaphors into hardware : Harry Harlow and the technology of love -- Bio-politics of a multicultural field -- Women's place is in the jungle -- Jeanne Altmann : time-energy budgets of dual career mothering -- Linda Maria Fedigan : models for interventions

Adrienne Zihlman : the paleoanthropology of sex and gender -- Sarah Blaffer Hrdy : investment strategies for the evolving portfolio of primate females -- Reprise : science fiction, fictions of science, and primatology

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